In this column on February 14 I reported on a Parliamentary debate about the extensive problems of dampness and mould caused by cavity wall insulation (CWI). I suggested that the retro-fitting of CWI might come to rival the endowment mis-selling scandal, or even Payment Protection Insurance.
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I also said I would report back on the undertaking given by the government minister in charge (Amber Rudd, Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change) that she would review the workings of the CWI industry and implement changes. Well, parliament will be dissolved on March 30, and it seems unlikely that the minister will have fulfilled that undertaking by then.